#E9E274#E9E274

#E9E274 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.132 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9E274
RGB	rgb(233, 226, 116)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 50.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -12.02, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 55.37, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.62% -0.0354 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(89.62% 0.132 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(63.9547, 72.9792, 27.2371)
Luminance	0.7298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9E274 #747BE9

analogous

#E9A774 #E9E274 #B5E974

triadic

#E9E274 #74E9E2 #E274E9

tetradic

#E9E274 #74E9A7 #747BE9 #E974B5

square

#E9E274 #74E9A7 #747BE9 #E974B5

split-complementary

#E9E274 #74B5E9 #A774E9

monochromatic

#C4BA1F #E1D73F #E9E274 #F1EDA9 #FAF8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#E9E274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#E9E274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9E274

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9E274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9E274	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9e274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 226, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.132 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ea9f',
    500: '#e9e274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9e274;
$custom-light: #f2ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9e274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89616,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9E274

secondary

#4048C1

accent

#1CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFDF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9E274

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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